That's an appalling result from a game most of us probably thought we'd win. Here's how I saw it.
First, our keeper dropped the ball. A mistake. It looked like we could have done better keeping it out of the net after his fumble as well, though. At that stage there was still every chance we'd pull ourselves back into it, particularly as we were playing okay.
The second seemed to come from Doyle stubbornly refusing to pass when the whole stadium could see, under pressure, he was about to play us into danger. But something seemed to go wrong with our defence right after too and then Burge, desperately exposed, committed himself too early. Or so it looked. Had their minds snapped?
I didn't see the third at all (cup of tea) and will wait for the highlights.
Thing is, alongside these atypical defensive blunders, McNulty missed a pretty easy-looking header, Vincenti spooned wildly through a difficult volley-chance and Bayliss and Reid were looking all right. I've seen far, far worse performances this season (both Accringtons, Morecambe, Exeter away, Forest Green home, Mansfield home etc) and the Yeovil defence was suspect. It was turning into an end-to-end game with the Yeovil front trio looking unplayable for some reason. I though Browne and Green were superb - Jordan Green (No 15) man of the match by a margin.
Obviously Biamou's goal, deserved, made many of us think the game was back on. It felt like their luck might have run out (make no mistake, there's plenty of luck needed to go 3-0 up away without being a significantly better side) and we were still playing okay. But then their fourth... just another punt and Zoko outpaced Hyam. That doesn't work as often as the ease of their goal might have you think. Plus - it was this goal or was it the fifth? - why did McDonald push deep into their half, constantly looking up, then simply play a highly risky crossfield ball to no one in particular? Another moment of rare distraction from our normally good defence.
Okay, I'm angry, but there was a lot of punt, hammer and whack about Yeovil too. Thing is, with tons of luck, their forwards were visibly becoming more and more confident. Fisher too manoeuvred us about as he pleased with his large frame. Biamou's second was a flash of bliss, tempered fast with the sputtering realisation that we were still two behind.
As for their last two - we shouldn't be conceding two to Yeovil full stop- by now they were so confident that every attack looked like it would produce a goal. Their strikers honestly could have been playing for Real Madrid's reserves yesterday. That said, we were constantly dangerous too and a fairer result might have been 3-3. Pity about our ceaseless, inexplicable, season-defining mistakes.
Whole week now ruined.
